Just to update you on a post from Wednesday, Howard Dean is still facing some criticism for claiming in a recent Dem debate that he’s the “only” white politician talking to white audiences about race. To review, after Dean made the claim, John Edwards began reminding everyone how wrong Dean was to make the claim, […]
Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments monument has found its way to a closet in the Alabama Judicial Building, but if one Alabama congressman has his way, Roy’s rock and Decalogue displays just like it will be in schools, courthouses, and other government buildings nationwide — and there’ll be nothing the federal courts can do about it. […]
The Washington Post had an interesting article today about how the top Dem presidential candidates who serve in Congress — Kerry, Edwards, Lieberman, and Gephardt — all voted the “wrong” way on the Iraq war resolution, the USA Patriot Act, and Bush’s so-called No Child Left Behind proposal. Nevertheless, all four are now criticizing Bush […]
I got into a big debate the other day with a Howard Dean fan about the merits of his presidential campaign. I think because he saw that I’m a white, tech-savvy, moderate-to-liberal east-coaster, he assumed I’m a Dean supporter. Once he became aware of my skepticism about the good doctor, he asked me to give […]
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is one of the most important — if not the single most important — unions in the country. It has 1.5 million members and wields enormous political influence in Democratic political circles. With this in mind, candidates have been tripping over one another to earn […]
The Senate voted 54-45 to block a Bush administration proposal that could make millions of U.S. workers ineligible for overtime pay. As I mentioned back in July, the Bush/GOP plan, if adopted, could make more than 8 million American workers ineligible for overtime pay. It appears the Senate Dems had a field day on this […]
I know this one isn’t political, but it was funny so I thought I’d share it. Pulitzer Prize-winning humor writer Dave Barry devoted a recent column to the national “do not call” list and his frustration with telemarketers. At first, he invited his readers to contact him with ideas on how “resolve our differences with […]
It’s practically a running joke by this point. Even Bush’s staunchest defenders have trouble pointing to charges levied by the White House against Iraq before the war that turned out to be true. The “16 words” fiasco have made headlines, but the Bush administration was just as wrong about the aluminum tubes charge, the “45 […]
On Monday night, I was talking casually to a guy with indirect connections to the Dean campaign. The guy, who has known Dean personally for years and has multiple contacts on the campaign staff, mentioned a rumor he’s heard from a lot of people. “Clark and Dean have been talking quite a bit,” the guy […]
As I mentioned this morning, Howard Dean drew applause at last night’s Democratic debate in Baltimore by telling the predominantly African-American audience, “I’m the only white politician that ever talks about race in front of white audiences.” Also as I mentioned this morning, Dean’s claim may have made for good political rhetoric, but it wasn’t […]